Ascetic life of monks. A fragment from the french-russian thesaurus of religious vocabulary

This publication is devoted to one of the topics representing the vocabulary of monasticism. In previous issues two parts of the “Monasticism” section were published. This work can be considered a deepening of the previous one, since it contains vocabulary describing the features of the inner life of monastics.Some sections touching on the topic of asceticism appeared earlier (attitudes to prayer, humility, hope in God, love for Him, etc.), but in relation to monastics, the vocabulary takes on a more specific, strict coloring, as it describes vigils, severe fasts, the practice of wearing a hair shirt, self-flagellation (in Catholicism).As in previous publications, archaisms are sometimes used because they are found in religious literature in Russian. As in previous publications, the reader may encounter possible unevenness and unsystematicity in the selection of vocabulary. This is due to the fact that we are not dealing with a translation of a theology textbook, but with vocabulary and concepts most often found in religious literature. At the same time, their relative weight in individual subtopics, as well as in both faiths, may be different: some topics are more emphasized in religious life and attract the attention of writers and speakers of these languages.The work was submitted for review to Archpriest Igor (Vyzhanov), candidate of theology, rector of the St. Nicholas Patriarchal Cathedral in New York, and Bruno Bisson, candidate of philological sciences, simultaneous translator, who made very valuable comments. Since work on the dictionary continues, the author will be grateful for all comments and, especially, corrections.